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Post subject: PC not booting properly  Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:58 pm |
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| douchbaggery |
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i was having problems using windows updater, i hate it but i had to use it, and then rebooted when prompted now the pc is refusing to boot, gets to the xp loading scren then goes blank flashes blue screen so fast i can't make anything out. then reboots,
any ideas? would really help thanks
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:02 am |
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Does it work in Safe mode?
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:10 am |
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Nope cause its not letting me get to the safe mode menu, it just leads to the boot local then going straight to the XP loading whatsit
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:02 am |
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hit f8 repeatadly untill a menu pops up. This will happen BEFORE the windows loading screen if you do it correctly. Then select last known good configuration or safe mode and see if it boots 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:33 pm |
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F8 isnt default for bios or safe mode, could be DEL, F10 or even ESC. Once in the Bios, check that your HDD's and your RAM are detected, Blue screen when loading usually suggests HDD or RAM failure, if you can get into safe mode and that loads up fine, then if is probably a driver issue, which i almost garentee it is, Windows prob changed something and your comp dont like it.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:11 pm |
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Drive issues can be right pains in the %$&^* I've had to format my compy a couple times due to driver issues.
Yeah, I tried just about everything you can think about, safe mode etc... all that, I eneded up backing my files up and formatting. (3 times this has occured)  _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:21 pm |
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ONE wrote: F8 isnt default for bios or safe mode, could be DEL, F10 or even ESC. Once in the Bios, check that your HDD's and your RAM are detected, Blue screen when loading usually suggests HDD or RAM failure, if you can get into safe mode and that loads up fine, then if is probably a driver issue, which i almost garentee it is, Windows prob changed something and your comp dont like it.
ummm sorry but yes it is.
F8 is the only key that does what I said., as its part of windows and has nothing to do with the motherboard.
Yes F2, F10, DEL or any other key can be used to get into BIOS and change settings. But the only way to get into safe mode is to hit F8 untill u see the menu.
Its not a dodgy copy of XP is it?
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